Buoy Beer Co. Raises Funds for Ocean Blue Project

Earlier this year, Buoy Beer began a new partnership with the Ocean Blue Project where the brewery will contribute 3% of sales from its rotating 4-pack, 16oz can series.

Ocean Blue Project is a grassroots, boots-on-the-sand nonprofit founded in Newport, Oregon by Richard and Fleet Arterbury, father-and-son tribal members of the Choctaw Nation. Their organization is built around one vision: to restore the world’s oceans, beaches, and rivers to pristine, self-sustaining ecosystems where wildlife and human communities can coexist and thrive.

Because everything flows downstream and the ocean is a mirror reflection of our city streets, Ocean Blue Project educates, empowers, and lends technical expertise to communities and governments around the world to support microplastics recovery, river restoration, and programs that teach kids to be stewards of the earth and wildlife.

Buoy’s first beer release to benefit this organization is a fan favorite, Buoy Baltic Porter, a crisp, malty lager that yields its light richness to a combination of Munich, Vienna, and Black malts. Born from dark winter nights in the icy northern latitudes, Buoy Baltic Porter crosses the boundaries between rich and crisp, smooth and brisk. Lagering below freezing for thirty days and thirty nights evolves the resonant flavors of coffee, filberts, and bittersweet chocolate into a beer perfect for those all at sea.

A quick season of Baltic Porter will be followed by a new release, Buoy LAGER. Coming out in April, Buoy LAGER is a tribute to the premium Oregon-brewed lagers that inspired a generation to become production craft brewers. This easy-drinking golden lager is crisp and light, brewed with American Pilsen malt and Cascade hops for flavors of toasted cracker, bright citrus, and a finish of spice. It’s the lager you never knew you always needed.

“When you drink a Buoy LAGER for the first time, you understand exactly why you picked it up,” says Matt Jones, Head Brewer. “This is an easy-drinking throwback to the premium NW lagers that were the go-to weekend beers not so long ago. It’s light and smooth with crispness from Cascade hops and spiciness from Sterling hops.”

Buoy Beer Company’s partnership with Ocean Blue Project brought them together with Block 15 Brewing and Sunriver Brewing, two breweries that have also supported Ocean Blue Project. Though all three breweries are in different distinct areas of Oregon, they are all impacted by the interconnectivity of our regions; as they say, all rivers lead to the sea. This environmental connection is the inspiration for a collaboration beer between the breweries.

All three breweries will also be participating in a beach clean-up in Newport to celebrate World Oceans Day on June 24th. Everyone is encouraged to join. Stay up to date with details on the Ocean Blue Project website and the breweries’ social media.

Baltic Porter and Buoy LAGER are currently available throughout Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.